Photo: Dr. Neil Burgess
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Consider Mrs. Moreau's Warbler (Scepomycter winifredae)
1. Discovered in 1938 and declared monotypic.
2. Also known as Winifred's Warbler.
3. Discovered by ornithologist Reginald Moreau in the
montane forest of the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania.
4. Reginald named the bird after his wife, Winifred Moreau.
5. I.U.C.N. listed as 'Vulnerable' - threatened by habitat loss.
6. Birdlife International says may be only 500 birds left.
7. The Rubeho Warbler, identified in 2009, in the Rubeho-
Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania, is closely related and
the combined species are both labelled as 'Vulnerable' by
I.U.C.N
Source: The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6th edition), Cornell University Press.
montane forest of the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania.
4. Reginald named the bird after his wife, Winifred Moreau.
5. I.U.C.N. listed as 'Vulnerable' - threatened by habitat loss.
6. Birdlife International says may be only 500 birds left.
7. The Rubeho Warbler, identified in 2009, in the Rubeho-
Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania, is closely related and
the combined species are both labelled as 'Vulnerable' by
I.U.C.N
Source: The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6th edition), Cornell University Press.
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